Features
Diamonds in the Rough
Remington’s unsung side-by-sides: the Model 1894 & 1900
By: Russ Gould
Driven in the Heartland
Pheasants over the Guns at Heartland Lodge
By: Larry Brown
Down Barnegat Way
A sneakbox hunt for bay brant and ducks
By: John M. Taylor
Westley Richards & Co.
Touring the new factory of Birmingham’s oldest gunmaker
By: Terry Allen
The Running Country
The beauty and grace of prairie sharptail hunting
By: Tom Davis
For the Birds
The art of keeping training birds alive
By: George Hickox
Dog Days of Summer
Planning ahead with great new gear
By: Tom Huggler
Departments
From the Editor
Tell them Shooting Sportsman sent you, and our new Gunroom
By: Ralph P. Stuart
Letters
Distaff duck hunters, Hemingway, sporting clays and retrieving
Game & Gun Gazette
Spring shoots, Richard Beaumont, Dickson’s new O/U & gunning gear
Spring Shoots
Double-gun gatherings
Gamekeeper Range Bag from CSMC
New from CSMC
By: Ed Carroll
LCS Bird Dog Trainer II
An updated version of LCS’s trainer/beeper system
By: Ralph P. Stuart
Shooting
The key to consistency: shooting face first
By: Michael McIntosh
Fine Gunmaking
The enduring, serviceable—and fine—Model 12
By: Steven Dodd Hughes
Sporting Clays
Clay shooting as practical practice for the field
By: Chris Batha
Gun Review
The Verney-Carron Azur Eloge .410: trés gentil
By: Bruce Buck
Guncraft
Perhaps the finest English gunmaker you’ve never heard of
By: Vic Venters
The Major
The art of using old tricks to get new dogs
By: Galen Winter